Best Practices for Siting Solar Photovoltaics on Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. A Study Prepared in Partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency for the RE-Powering America's Land Initiative: Siting Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Land and Mine Sites

Kiatreungwattana, Kosol; Mosey, G.; Jones-Johnson, Shea; Dufficy, Craig; Bourg, Joe; Conroy, Angela; Keenan, Meghan; Michaud, William A.; Brown, Katie

doi:10.2172/1076646

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“…The PV module converts the solar radiation into electricity [7]. The module efficiency is a measure of the percentage of solar energy converted into electricity [18].…”

Section: Pv Modulementioning

confidence: 99%

“…i. Inverter: Inverters convert DC electricity into AC from the PV array and can connect smoothly to the electricity grid [18]. ii.…”

Section: Balance Of Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…ii. Switching and protection elements: Electrical connections, including wiring, disconnect switches, fuses, and breakers are required for both safety and equipment protection [18]. The cables of the PV modules connected in series are combined into parallel strings in a PV junction box containing over-voltage protection and possibly string diodes.…”

Section: Balance Of Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The mounting system can be either directly anchored into the ground or ballasted on the surface without ground permeation. Mounting systems should be designed to resist local wind loads, which range from 145-195 km/h for most areas or 210 km/h or more for areas with hurricane potential [18].…”

Section: Mounting Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…PV modules, the key component of PV systems, are ensured for a duration in the range 25-30 years by most suppliers, which suggests that the life of the PV modules is 25-30 years [17,18].…”

Section: Lifetime Of the Pv Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Novel Renewable Energy Approach for Cairo International Airport “CIA” based on Building Information Modeling “BIM” with Cost Analysis

Emeara

AbdelGawad

Abagy

2021

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Renewable energy has become an increasingly cost-effective commerce preference for airports on account of technological advancement, market ripeness and public-sector investment. Airports have merits that promote the financial viability of on-site renewable energy, in particular for solar photovoltaics (PV). Solar energy systems can produce electricity in the day time when sun ray is available and it is cost efficacious. Solar system can be installed either fixed or adjustable to increase the amount of solar energy received via preservation the incident solar beam radiation normal to the system surface as possible. BIM has the ability to achieve a more energy-efficient building to improve the sustainability through energy analysis, solar analysis and wind analysis. PVsyst software was used to model the power generation and to design the whole PV system properly. Autodesk Revit and Autodesk Green Building Studio, during simulation, can give the annual wind Rose. This paper aims to apply analysis for PV system energy generation and its components to give initial cost, and annual cost as well as providing cost payback period which is an important indicator to define the amount of time it takes to recover the cost of an investment. Three cases of PV areas were considered, namely: building roofs, parking area, and PV land plant, in Cairo International Airport, by using the proposed selected PV cleaning methods. The system components were analyzed by PVsyst software. Wind Rose was obtained by Autodesk Revit and Green Building Studio. The results revealed that an annual energy generation of around 70 GWh/yr is expected, the initial cost is about 463 MEGP and the cost payback period is less than 6½ years.

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“…The PV module converts the solar radiation into electricity [7]. The module efficiency is a measure of the percentage of solar energy converted into electricity [18].…”

Section: Pv Modulementioning

confidence: 99%

“…i. Inverter: Inverters convert DC electricity into AC from the PV array and can connect smoothly to the electricity grid [18]. ii.…”

Section: Balance Of Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Balance Of Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Mounting Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…PV modules, the key component of PV systems, are ensured for a duration in the range 25-30 years by most suppliers, which suggests that the life of the PV modules is 25-30 years [17,18].…”

Section: Lifetime Of the Pv Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

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